Victim support nz

In Briefs (24-06-2006) NZ Charge d’Affaires awarded certificate HA NOI — New Zealand Charge d’Affaires Martin Welsh received a certification of merit from the Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee on Thursday for his efforts in supporting the central coastal province. New Zealand’s government and the country’s NZAID provided Binh Dinh with US$3 million worth of funds under a Maternity and Children’s Health Care Project in 2004. The nation has worked on many initiatives aimed at improving the health and education sectors in the province. Offshore fishermen issued free life-jackets QUANG NAM — Off-shore fishermen from Tam Quang and Tam Hai villages of Nui Thanh district have received more than 100 life jackets from the headquarters of Quang Nam border guards. The headquarters has also ordered coastal border posts to strengthen checks on the seaworthiness of fishing boats and stop boats that do not meet safety requirements from putting to … [Read more...] about NZ Charge d’Affaires awarded certificate

US, NZ give more for storm recovery (17-11-2009) HA NOI — New Zealand’s Ambassador to Viet Nam Heather Riddell yesterday announced that her country will contribute an additional US$222,000 to support relief and recovery efforts in Viet Nam following typhoons Ketsana and Mirinae. This additional funding brings New Zealand’s total contribution to the Viet Nam Red Cross Emergency Appeal to $370,000. A press release from the US Embassy to Viet Nam yesterday reported that $250,000 will be donated through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to help victims of Typhoon Mirinae. Along with a contribution of $750,000 to help victims of Typhoon Ketsana, this support brings the total contribution of the US Government to Viet Nam to $1 million. Viet Nam’s Red Cross has mobilised more than $6.3 million as donations from domestic and international organisations, countries and … [Read more...] about US, NZ give more for storm recovery

PANO - The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam rejects as completely unfounded, in fact and in law, China’s sovereignty claims over the Hoang Sa archipelago (which China calls “the Xisha islands”, also known as the Paracel Islands) in the annexes to the letters dated May 22nd 2014 and June 9th 2014 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations as contained in documents A/68/887 andA/68/907 respectively. Vietnam affirms that the Chinese claims have no legal or historical foundation.>>China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam Historical documents are not in accord with China’s claims of sovereignty over the Hoang Sa archipelago (Paracel Islands) China has, in its recent communications, referred to some documents as historical evidence to … [Read more...] about The sovereignty of Vietnam over the Hoang Sa Archipelago

Chinese vessels on June 29 were arranged in two rows to prevent Vietnamese law enforcement ships from approaching the area where the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegal standing. According to the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department, on the day, the position of the oil rig remained unchanged and China maintained 116-122 ships of various kinds, including military ships around the rig, which has been illegally placed in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf since May 2. Chinese vessels sped up and threatened to ram against Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance vessels when these vessels came about 10-11 nautical miles from the rig. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ships braved the blockade of the Chinese ships to stay at the site and continue with communication activities to demand China to withdraw the rig and escort ships from the waters belonging to Vietnam’s sovereignty. At the area where Vietnamese fishing boats were … [Read more...] about Chinese vessels keep hindering Vietnam’s fisheries surveillance ships

PANO - The Socialist Republic of Vietnam rejects as completely unfounded, in fact and in law, China’s assertions in the annexes to the letters dated May 22nd 2014 and June 9th 2014 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations as contained in documents A/68/887 and A/68/907, respectively. Vietnam reiterates the following: 1. China’s activities, in violation of international law, escalate tension in the East Sea (South China Sea) It is first of all necessary to state that the sovereignty dispute over the Hoang Sa archipelago has long existed. Yet, this dispute is not the cause of the on-going escalating tension in the East Sea, which is to be addressed by applying the rules and procedures provided for in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The current tension is caused by China's illegal placement of … [Read more...] about China’s illegal placement of Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of Vietnam